Turn off the MB filters - everything at noon, with the high/low MIDS upwards of 2-3 O'Clock. Sounds bad at home - sticks out great in the mix

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Those are close to the settings on my LMIII except I have the low and mid low at noon and the mid high and high at 2 o'clock. I do have the VPF just barely on, set at about 8 o'clock. I run my head through a pair of GK Neo 112's so my tone will be different than the OP's with his cabs.

Wonderful topic. I use exact same setup. However musical settings do play a huge difference so take my suggestions with a grain of salt. I use Fender 9050 flats playing in a 17 piece swing band.
Bass at noon, lower mids at 3pm, upper mids at 10am ( often lower ), highs at noon, VLE at noon to three, and filter at zero.
When I first bought this amp, I actually thought I had made a huge mistake and was considering returning it until..,I took it too a gig. OMG OMG, I am a Markbass believer.
BTW, it was nice to walk away from the gig with amp in one hand, bass over the shoulder, and trophy wife ( "Honey, are you readin my posts again?) on the other arm

Turn off the MB filters - everything at noon, with the high/low MIDS upwards of 2-3 O'Clock. Sounds bad at home - sticks out great in the mix

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Ha! That pretty much describes my live and studio tone. I have a Markbass LMT800 but if you look at the link, my EQ is setup exactly as you describe. And I've cut through with no problems in a band with 3 loud guitarists.

I have a Markbass CMD102P (2x10 combo with a LM-III powering it) and a Fender Geddy Lee Jazz bass. The Geddy Lee is passive. I run the amp with all tone controls at noon and the VLE and VPF at 0 (both knobs twisted all the way counter clockwise). On the bass I run both volume pots on full and the tone know about half way (depending on the song).

The next step is critical... I then adjust the EQ for the room, usually cutting low bass to reduce the dull boom you sometimes get in a corner or on a raised wood stage. The key here is to walk out and see how it sounds a good distance from my rig. It helps if you have a long cable or a wireless system. The sound is different on stage than it is in the middle of the room, and that's where you want it to sound "right".

The same goes with sounding good in the mix. As others have said, its really important to separate "sounding good alone" from "sounding good in the mix". For my band at least, that's means I push a more mid bass sound rather than low bass.

On sound check, I'm the guy playing while walking out into the room, listening while we all play a bit, walking back to my rig, adjusting knobs, walking back out into the room, etc.

I have the CMD 121P combo with a Traveller 210 extension and a stock Vintage '62 Jazz Bass. I keep the EQ flat or sometimes boost the lows and low mids. I keep the VLE off and the VPF between 9 and 11 o'clock.

I usually have the eq at noon on my LMIII, filters either off or the VLE around noon or more (going for a dark sound). Once in awhile I might turn the VPF up to around 9:00. Also, some rooms require lowering the low knob to about 10:00. Yet, I have alway been looking to tweak at around 100-200Hz, so I bought a little Boss eq pedal. Haven't gigged with it yet, but at practice it seems to work fine for affecting that range. I'll find out at the gig this Friday night.

I usually have the eq at noon on my LMIII, filters either off or the VLE around noon or more (going for a dark sound). Once in awhile I might turn the VPF up to around 9:00. Also, some rooms require lowering the low knob to about 10:00. Yet, I have alway been looking to tweak at around 100-200Hz, so I bought a little Boss eq pedal. Haven't gigged with it yet, but at practice it seems to work fine for affecting that range. I'll find out at the gig this Friday night.

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I've been toying with this idea also. The low mid center freq is pretty high on my F1. I like a bump around 200-250 Hz. Let us know how it goes.